School shopping is not only physically draining, it can be a financial drain as well. For some families in the Wesley Chapel area, the burden of buying new school supplies can mean deciding between the amount of groceries for the week and the new backpack that their child needs for the new school year. Luckily, there was a helping hand this year for students from low-income families, and/or those who qualify for Pasco’s free or reduced lunch program.Continue reading
Wesley Chapel’s Byron Capehart Wins Aviation Scholarship
By Sean Bowes
When a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presents itself, the wise thing to is take it. That is what Byron Capehart’s mother, Martha, told her son when he was offered the chance to attend the “Destination Aviation” flight school summer camp in Lakeland at the Sun n’ Fun airfield, which is home to the Florida Air Museum.Continue reading
Missing New Tampa Teen's Death Ruled A Suicide
The death of New Tampa resident Noah Kushner, 16, the teen who went missing on November 14, has been ruled a suicide by the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office after he was found lifeless the near the University of South Florida (USF) just one day after he was reported missing by his parents, Beatrice and Bruce Kushner.Continue reading
Wesley Chapel Man Arrested In Connection With Bizarre Death
At our press time, Tampa Police Department (TPD) detectives were still trying to unravel the details of the “suspicious death” of Henry Hilliard Shell III, 79, a real estate developer and insurance company owner in Tampa.Continue reading
‘Helping Hands’ Food Pantry Now Open In Wesley Chapel
By Sean Bowes
In these tough economic times, Social Security payments, food stamps and other government assistance are still not putting enough food on the table for many families. The Helping Hands Pantry in Wesley Chapel is trying to fill some of that void for needy Pasco County residents.Continue reading